The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

THR Colby mine safe ct Bessemer, Mich,
was robbed Of $4,000 the other night ~
burglars, VINO entered through window.
Thirty thousand dollars had been paid out
in the afternoon.
JOHN TAYLOR, the fugitive head Of the
Mormon Church, died on the 18th while In
seclusion near Salt Lake City. He was
born in Westmoreland County, England,
November 1, 1903.
! The importation Of cattle into Nauitoba
and tho Northwest Territory has been for.
hidden except for breeding, and then only
after rigid quarantine.
| FATHER JAMES O'REILLy. Bishop Of the
| Catholic Diocese Of Wichita, Kan, died ON
| the 18th.
| MAYOR REID, Of st. Iguace, Mich, posi-
lively states that he saw McGarigle, the
missing Chicago boodler, at Sault Ste.
Marie, on the Canadian side two nights
after McGarigle's escape. He claims to
know NcGarigle's face and has no doubt Of
the identity of the man.
A DISPATCH from Cincinnati says: The
Riverside iron and steel works, w. B. Har-
ris, superintendent, and A. L. p. Gaare,
| secretary, have assigned to John 8. Con-
ners. Liabilities, e2OO,OOO.
+ By an accidental fire in Clinton, Ia, the
| other day, the Baptist Church and four
! residences were burned and other places
damaged.
EIGHTEEN men on q construction train
were killed on the 9th by q collision on the
Chicago 4 Alton at Hopedale. twenty five
miles from Bloomington, Ill Several 9th
ers were seriously and fatally hurt.
D. r. ANTHONY, editor of the Leaven-
worth (Kan.) Times, was horsewhipped on
the 9th by W. h. Bond, councilman from
the Second ward of that city. Bond had
! been called scoundrel, dog, snake, skunk
| and other choice names.
LoRENz KRUG, on trial at Chicago for
poisoning his niece, Lucy Heidelmeyer,
was found guilty, the jury returning aver
| dict fixing his punishment at eighteen
years IN the penitentiary. Krug was also
| suspected of having poisoned each Of his
three wives.
ARNoUR's new beef house ct the stock
yards, Chicago, was burned on the morn
ing Of the 9th. Loss, $500, 900; insurance,
| $l95, 600.
The Citizens Savings Bank, of Leaven-
worth, Kan, was closed on the morning OF
the 9th. The liabilities were $4,000,
mostly small deposits; assets, $4,000. The
failure was due to the defalcatiOns Of r. P.
bezzled $5l, 900 and then fed.
JOHN d. PERRY, of the Missouri Central
railroad, who was in New York recently,
denied the rumor of any consolidation Of
his road with the Atchison, Topeka q
Santa Fa
The Ohio Republicans in session at Tole-
do on the 18th, nominated the following
ticket: Governor, ]. b. Foraker; Lieuten-
ant-Governor, Captain w. c. Lyon; Su-
preme Judge Qong term), w. 7. Speer;
Suprme Judge (short term), F. j. Dick
man; State Auditor, e. w. Poe; State
Treasurer, j. c. Brown: Acknowledgement,
d. K. Watson; Member of Board of Public
Works, c. A. Flickinger. Resolutions en-
dOrsing Senator Sherman for the Pres
idency were adopted.
BIZ the burning Of a bridge at Franconi,
near Needles, N. NJ, recently, freight
train was wrecked and burned upon the
Atlantic a. Pacific road. The engineer and
brakeman were fatally injured and the fire.
man was instantly killed.
MATLocK Bros. were expelled from the
West Side track at Chicago the other day
for entering their horse Rappeta in races
and making no effort to win with him.
WILSON G. BAKER, a Chicago real estate
broker, who agreed to testify for the prose-
cution in the Doodle case, has disappeared.
Baker negotiated the sale of the Reform
School property.
E. c. HARPER, the Fidelity Bank (Cincin-
nati) defaulter, has filed two suits against
Joe w. Wiltshire and Howard Eckert, doing
business as Wiltshire, Eckcrt 4 Co. The
first is for s6o,OOO and the second $4,000.
These claims are mixed up with the wheat
deal affair.
DANIEL c. RYaN's cooper shop, Chicago,
was destroyed by fire the other day. Loss,
$4,000
TIE eastbound passenger train on the
OhLtS& Mississippi railroad was wrecked
recently near Cochran, Ind, by broken
axle. Postal Clerk Robert Baker and a
man who was walking beside the track
were instantly killed. No other serious
casualties.
THE six acres of Cincinnati known as
'Sloptown" were swept over by fire on the
afternoon of the 29th. Fifty cows, the
shanties of the people and their household
effects were burned, but no lives were lost.
Several firemen and policeman, however,
were Frustrated by the heat.
A DISASTROUS tornado passed through the
center of the town of David City, Neb, on
the evening of the 18th. The damage was
estimated at $4,000.
BooDLER KLEIN pleaded guilty at Chi
cago on the Goth. Sentence deferred.
THREE outlaws attempted to kill deputy
sheriff of Holt County, Mo-, near Nodaway
station recently. They were afterward
surrounded near Corning, where they
fatally and seriously wounded two consta-
bles, one Of the outlaws being captured.
The other two fled on horseback, closely
followed by q large number of armed
farmers.
JOSEPH RICH, q farmer, together with his
wife, baby and wife's mother, attempted to
cross the railroad track ahead of passen-
ger train at Richmond, Ind, recently. As
q result, he, his baby and his wife's mother
were instantly killed and Mrs. Rich terri
bly, mangled.
A HEAVY wind storm swept through the
country adjacent to Mason City, Iowa, on
the evening of the 10Th.
A sUFFoCATING fire in tenement house,
1865 Archer avenue, Chicago. proved fatal
to several persons on the morning of the
29th. Nine persons were killed or fatally
injured, including fireman, who fell into
the building while attempting to rescue q
woman and her child who were both burned
in the flames.
THE SOUTH.
THE employees Of the Eclipse wooden mill,
Louisville, KY, struck recently on de-
mand for ten per cent increas, in wages.
A BAPTIST preacher named Blackwell
was assassinated by unknown parties near
Killeen, Tex, recently. The cause was |
supposed to be an old neighborly grudge.
THE grand State rally of anti-prohibi- |
tionists began at Fort Worth, Tex, on the |
18th. Forty thousand persons were said |
to be present
A HEAVY storm nrerailod IN tho G,,lf and |